Improvement in horse and ox shoes



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

N. E. HINDS, OF COOPERSTOVN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE AND ox sHoEs.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 23,027, dated February 22, 1859.

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, N. E. HINDs, of Cooperstown, county of Otsego, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Im provements in the Horse and OX Shoe; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of -this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

`The nature of my invention, or the improvements thereof, consists only in constructing the heel-calks in a semicircular or curved form, with their corners turnedinward or more toward the central points of the shoe, and also in locating both toe and heel calks somewhat away o r back from the extreme forward point and heel ends of the shoe, thereby concentrating the calks more toward thecenters of the shoes. V

To enable others skilled in the art to make my shoes, I will next describe their construction and form.

`Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of the horseshoe. Fig. 2 is a one side or edge view of a shoe as fastened to the horses hoof.

The ox or other animal shoe will be similar in construction, and will need no separate description.

The shoes are intended to be generally made by casting them in molds from molten iron, and the calks are to be chilled or hardened in the process of casting.

A, Fig. 1, shows the form of the toe-calk, which is partly curved and partly straight, and continues around the toe 4part of the shoe in either way to the ends of the ribs c c, for

the purpose of strengthening the shoe. The toe-calks go off from the shoe a little back from the forward point thereof and iu a backward sloping form, as may be seen at A, Fig. 2, for the purpose of preventing the toe-calks from cutting the heels of the forward feet or cutting onto the heel-calks by overreaching, and thereby knock off the calks, loosen the shoes, or bend, break, or tear them ofi'.

B B, Fig. l, are the heel-calks, constructed in a semicircular or curved form, with their corners turned inward, to prevent them from cutting the opposite feet in case of interference. The heel-calks go off far enough forward of the hind end of the shoes as to secure them against being caught or stepped upon by the toe-calks upon the shoesI of the hind feet, and they slope under on the out-sides to render them less liable to cut the feet by treading upon them.

V O C, Fig. 1, are ribs projecting from and downward from the shoe inside of the nailholes, and are for the purpose of supporting and strengthening the shoes.

There are several Very important advan.- tages that ensue from constructing the calks of shoes in the manner herein specified aside from those above mentioned. In the first place, making them in a curved or circular form puts them into a kind of corrugated shape that renders them stronger and less liable to break 5 second,.placing the calks away fromthe ends of the shoes makes them more central and shortens the leverage power for breaking the shoes; third, shortening the leverage power also lessens the power for wrenching and spraining the animals legs or ankles, for if he steps one calk only upon a high stone or other obstruction, as they often do, his weight would stumble him over that calk, and the severity of the sprain that might ensue would be in proportion to the distance of the calk from the center of the foot; and, lastly, forming. the calks farther from the ends and outsides of the shoes renders them less liabl-e to strike stone and other obstrucinward or toward the central part of the shoe.

N. E. HINDS. Vitnesses:

JEROME HINDs, HENRY C. HINDs. 

